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Jun 19, 2006
06/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Eric Blehm, author of The Last Season and with Peter Hessler, author of Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present. This is the first on-line only edition of Booktown. It was never aired on KVMR-.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Eric Blehm, The Last Season, Peter Hessler, Oracle bones
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Jul 18, 2006
07/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Elizabeth Rosner about her new novel Blue Nude and with Storyteller Susan Klein. They are both appearing in Nevada County this week. This is an online edition of Booktown. Parts of it have been aired on other KVMR programs.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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Dec 23, 2008
12/08
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Booktown's Readers Panel about their favorite books of 2008. The Readers and books included: Alison Jones-Pomatto:
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown
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May 24, 2006
05/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Camille Paglia about her new book Break, Blow, Burn.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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May 25, 2006
05/06
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Jordan Fisher Smith about his new book Nature Noir. (This is a membership drive program with several interruptions to solicit new members.)
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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Apr 2, 2007
04/07
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Jerry Mander about his most recent book Paradigm Wars: Indigenous People's Resistence to Globablization; and with Larry Gonick about his Cartoon History of the Universe and Cartoon Guides to this and that.
Topic: KVMR-FM Book Program
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May 25, 2006
05/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Phyllis M Faber, author of California's Wild Gardens: A Guide to Favorite Botanical Sites; with poets Charles Entrekin and Grace Totherow about the upcoming Listening to the Wild reading in Grass Valley; and with therapist Michael Askins about the Poetry and Healing workshop he will conduct with poet Molly Fisk.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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Jan 22, 2007
01/07
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam about the as yet unnamed book he is writing on the Great Books movement. This is the second of a series on this topic: Eric will check in with Alex every 4-6 months to find out what he's discovering and how the book is progressing. KVMR-FM will broadcast this program on 5 March.
Topic: KVMR-FM Book Program
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Aug 8, 2006
08/06
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with David Bianculli, TV critic for the New York Daily News and frequent contributor to NPR's Fresh Air, who will be leading several workshops at next week's CSUS Summer Writers' Conference; plays several pieces by Daryl Knight, who will read in the Nevada County Poetry Series' evening of Cowboy Poetry in Grass Valley next week; and talks with Booktown's Brooklyn correspondent Erin Rogers.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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Apr 15, 2008
04/08
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Wen Huang, translator of the Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu's The Corpse Walker: Real-Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up and then with actor, producer and acting teacher Darryl Hickman about his book The Unconscious Actor: Out of Control, In Full Command. Hickman will appear at the Book Seller in Grass Valley at 3 PM on Saturday 19 April.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, Booktown, books, Liao Yiwu, Wen Huang, The Corpse Walker, Darryl Hickman, The...
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Oct 31, 2006
10/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter, about his book Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War. This interview was conducted over a home computer with sleeping cats in the room. Shadid's voice is somewhat echoey, the waking cats quite clear. He then talks with David Callahan about his book The Moral Center: How We Can Reclaim Our Country from Die-Hard Extremists, Rogue Corporations, Hollywood Hacks, and Pretend Patriots.
Topic: KVMR Book Program
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Jul 25, 2006
07/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with actor and author Clint Walker, who will appear this evening at the Nevada Theatre in Nevada City with a presentation of an episode from his classic TV show Cheyenne and his recent novel Yaqui Gold; with outgoing Nevada County Librarian Steve Fjelsted; and with Booktown's Camptonville correspondent John Deaderick. The books Eric and John discuss include * The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (many editions) * Shadowplay by Clare Asquith (Public Affairs) * North American Pinot...
Topic: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Clint Walker, Nevada Theatre, Nevada City, Cheyenne, Yaqui...
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Oct 2, 2007
10/07
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Chinese novelist and film-maker Guo Xiaolu about her first novel written in English, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, and with Nevada City lepidopterist Michael C Collins about his recently pyblished book Moth-Catcher: An Evolutionist's Journey Through Canyon and Pass.
Topics: KVMR-FM Book Program, books, Booktown, Guo Xiaolu, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers,...
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Oct 24, 2009
10/09
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with author Kevin Nelson about his new book Wheels of Change: From Zero to 600 M.P.H. The Amazing Story of California and the Automobile. He then talks with historian Gage McKinney about his recent book The 1930s: No Depression Here, a study of the anomalous prosperity that developed in Nevada County during the Great Depression.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Kevin Nelson, Wheels of Change, Gage McKinney, The 1930s No...
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Mar 31, 2008
03/08
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Gayle Greene, Professor of English and Women's Studies at Scripps College, about her recent book Insomniac, an impassioned, often angry account of the current state of insomnia research and treatment by a lifelong sufferer. He then talks with local bookseller and author James Van Eaton about his 'epic fantasy' novel Down the Darkening Road.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, Booktown, books, Gayle Greene, Insomniac, James Van Eaton, Down the Darkening...
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Sep 1, 2008
09/08
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Brenda Wineapple,who teaches writing at Columbia University and The New School, about her new book White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. He then talks with Diane Dean-Epps, who teaches English at Nevada Union High School, about her new humorous mystery KILL-TV.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Brenda Wineapple, White Heat, Emily ickinson, Thomas...
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Nov 11, 2008
11/08
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with David Young, Professor Emeritus of English at Oberlin College, about his recently published Du Fu: A Life in Poetry, which arranges the works of the great Chine poet Du Fu chronologically to give an outline of his life; and with Nevada County poet Christine Irving about the about-to-be published chapbook Sex on Earth (and other sordid places), which contains poems by Irving and Noel Kroeplin.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, David Young, Du Fu, Christine Irving, Noel Kroeplin, Sex on...
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Feb 16, 2010
02/10
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with the author/editor/translator of two compendiums of world literature: first with Peter Constantine, one of the editors and translators of The Greek Poets: Homer to the Present; then with Dennis Tedlock, author and translator of 2000 Years of Mayan Literature.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Peter Constantine, The Greek Poets, Dennis Tedlock, 2000...
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Mar 8, 2008
03/08
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Indian-American novelist, poet and children's writer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about her latest novel Palace of Illusions, a retelling of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharat from the point of view of Panchaali (aka Draupadi), one of the main female characters. He then talks with Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam about A Great Idea at the Time, the book he is writing about the Great Books movement. This is the fourth of a series of conversations tracing the development of the...
Topics: Booktown, KVMR-FM book program, books, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Palace of Illusions, Mahabharat,...
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Dec 27, 2007
12/07
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Booktown's readers panel--John Deaderick, Cameron Cobden and Alison Jones-Pomatto--about their favorites of the books they read in 2007.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, Booktown, books
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May 25, 2006
05/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Norman Myers, editor of The New Atlas of Planet Management, then discusses The Average American, whose author Kevin O'Keefe couldn't be reached by phone.
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May 23, 2006
05/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with poet Gary Snyder about his new book Danger on Peaks and an overview of his literary career.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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May 23, 2006
05/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Cameron Cobden, John Deaderick and Alison Jones-Pomatto about their favorite books of 2005.
Topic: KVMR-FM Book program
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May 29, 2006
05/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Peter Schrag, author of California: America's High-Stakes Experiment, and with Nevada City attorney Allan Haley about his proposal for a private library in Nevada County modelled on the Boston Athenaeum
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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May 25, 2006
05/06
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Peter Whitfield about his book of historic maps Cities of the World and then discusses The New Atlas of Planet Management, edited by Norman yers and Jennifer Kent, who were unable to appear on the program.
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Nov 27, 2007
11/07
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Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Bill Boyarsky about his new book Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics and with Ruthanne Lum McCunn about her recent novel God of Luck
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Bill Boyarsky, Jesse Unruh, California politics, Ruthanne...
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Jun 14, 2006
06/06
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with University of Victoria law professor Michael M'Gonigle about his new book Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University; and with Nevada County book producers Joan Keyes and Jon Peck about how books are put together these days.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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Aug 19, 2008
08/08
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Alan Weisman about his book The world Without Us and with Rebecca Solnit about her book Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics, both of which have just come out in paperback.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Alan Weisman, The World Without Us, Gaviotas, Rebecca...
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Jan 22, 2007
01/07
by
Eric Tomb
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As part of Booktown's Great Dead Anarchists series, Eric Tomb talks with Barry Pateman about the life and work of American poet, novelist and essayist Paul Goodman. Eric then talks with David Lawler and Leland Pauly, the editors of The Life Story of Bill Meek--Stagecoach Driver. KVMR will broadcast this program on 19 February.
Topic: KVMR-FM Book Program
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Jan 17, 2009
01/09
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua about her book Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance and Why They Fall, which has just come out in paperback, referring occasionally to her earlier book World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability. He then talks with Nevada City native Catharine Bramkamp about her latest novel Time is off the Essence. This program is online only and will never air on KVMR.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, kvmr.org, books, Booktown, Amy Chua, Day of Empire, World on Fire, Catharine...
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Dec 11, 2006
12/06
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Richard Silberg, co-translator with Clare You of Korean poet Ko Un's Three Way Tavern, and with Booktown's Bombay correspondent Siddhartha Lokanandi.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Richard Silberg, Clare You, Ko Un, Three Way Tavern, Bombay,...
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Oct 2, 2006
10/06
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Nina Jablonski, Head of the Department of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University, about her new book Skin: A Natural History and with Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam about the book he is writing about the origin and development of the Great Books program.
Topic: KVMR-FM Book Program
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Jul 24, 2007
07/07
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam about the book he is writing about the Great Books movement. This is the third in a series in which Eric and Alex follow the progress of the book. In honor of Raymond Chandler's birthday, Eric then plays the beginning of a July 1958 BBC program in which Chandler talks with Ian Fleming. This is the only known recording of Chandler's voice.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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May 12, 2008
05/08
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Patrick Symmes, author of The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile and then with George Johnson, author of The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, Booktown, books, Patrick Symmes, The Boys from Dolores, Fidel Castro, Cuba,...
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May 23, 2006
05/06
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Chris Cleave about his novel Incendiary and with Sands Hall about her book Tools of the Writer's Craft
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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May 25, 2006
05/06
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife, and Andrew Sean Greer, author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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Feb 19, 2008
02/08
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Philip Fradkin about his new biography Wallace Stegner and the American West. Nevada City writer Sands Hall, whose play Fair Use explores the questions of plagiarism that hover around Stegner's Pulitzer Prize winning novel Angle of Repose, briefly joins in the conversation. Eric then talks with Nevada County writer Dale Pendell about his recent book Walking with Nobby: Conversations with Norman O Brown.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Philip L Fradkin, Wallace Stegner, Sands Hall, Fair Use,...
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Mar 2, 2009
03/09
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with San Francisco Bay Area writer Robert Tindall about his new book The Jaguar That Roams the Mind: An Amazonian Plant Spirit Odyssey and with Nevada County author Sylvia Anderson about her new novel Symbolia: A Mythic Journey for Children of All Ages.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Robert Tindall, The Jaguar That Roams the Mind, Sylvia...
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Feb 5, 2008
02/08
by
Eric tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Geraldine Brooks, best known for her book Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women and the 2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel March, about her new novel People of the Book; and with Jordan Fisher Smith, whose 2005 book Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra is this year's choice for Nevada County Reads.
Topics: Booktown, KVMR-FM, books, Geraldine Brooks, Nine Parts of Desire, March, People of the Book, Jordan...
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Jul 8, 2008
07/08
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Jennifer Heath, editor of The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics. He also mentions Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History, whose editor Anne Walthall he was unable to interview.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Jennifer Heath, The Veil, veiling, hijab, burqa, Servants of...
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364
May 24, 2006
05/06
by
Eric Tomb
audio
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Eric Tomb talks with poet William O'Daly about his translations of Pablo Neruda's six posthumous books, some of which he will read from this week in Grass Valley, and with Danna Hanelin about her new CD of short stories by local authors.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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Apr 16, 2007
04/07
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb speaks with short story master Deborah Eisenberg about her four volumes of stories and especially her recent Twilight of the Superheroes and with California Poet Laureate Al Young.
Topic: KVMR-FM Book Program
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Jul 11, 2006
07/06
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Scott Shields, author of Artists at Continent's End: The Monterey Peninsula Art Colony, 1875-1907 and with Katherine Rodger, author of Breaking Through: Essays, Journals and Travelogues of Edward F Ricketts.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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Aug 5, 2008
08/08
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Eric Tomb/John Fletcher
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Eric Tomb talks with Catherine Stifter about the blogging workshops she will be leading at the Sacramento State Summer Writers Conference and John Fletcher talks with Francisco Lovato about his new book Survivor, which describes his father's experiences during the Bataan Death March during world War II.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Catherine Stifter, Sacramento State Summer Writers...
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Jun 13, 2007
06/07
by
Eric Tomb
audio
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Eric Tomb talks with Jean Pfaelzer, Professor of English, East Asian Studies and American Studies at the University of Delaware, about her recent book Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans; then with the distinguished American novelist James D Houston about his latest novel Bird of Another Heaven.
Topic: KVMR-FM Book Program
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Jun 9, 2007
06/07
by
Eric Tomb
audio
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Eric tomb talks with Alexander Cockburn, editor with Jeffrey St Clair of the online political newsletter CounterPunch and editor with JSC of End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate (CounterPunch/AK Press). He then talks with Michael Yates, associate editor of the Monthly Review and author of Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate: an Economist's Travelogue (Monthly Review Press)
Topic: KVMR-FM Book Program
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Nov 27, 2007
11/07
by
Eric Tomb
audio
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Eric Tomb talks with Bill Boyarsky about his new book Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics and with Ruthanne Lum McCunn aboput her new novel God of Luck.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Bill Boyarsky, Jesse Unruh, California politics, Ruthanne...
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Aug 7, 2007
08/07
by
Eric Tomb
audio
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Eric Tomb reads from Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's novel The Legend of Fire Horse Woman. Ms Houston will be the keynote speaker at this year's Sacramento State Summer Writers' Conference. He intended to speak with her on the program, but there were problems with the telephone connection.He then plays four poems read by Charles Simic, who was recently appointed United States Poet Laureate.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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May 23, 2006
05/06
by
Eric Tomb
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Eric Tomb talks with Karen Armstrong about her latest book The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions and with Andrew Wingfield about his novel Hear Him Roar.
Topic: KVMR-FM book program
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Jul 21, 2009
07/09
by
Eric Tomb
audio
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Eric Tomb talks with Flora Drew, the translator of Ma Jian's powerful novel Beijing Coma, which has just come out in paperback; and with Celtic harpist and storyteller Patrick Ball about the upcoming Sierra Storytelling Festival.
Topics: KVMR-FM book program, books, Booktown, Flora Drew, Ma Jian, Beijing Coma, Patrick Ball, Sierra...
